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Missouri Compromise
It regulated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the former Louisiana -
Monroe Doctrine
The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United State's sphere of interest. -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexican troops under President General Antonio Lopez made an assault on the Alamo Mission -
Panic of 1837
He changed Andrew Jackson's financial policies, that contributed to what came to be known as the Panic of 1837 -
Trail of Tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land of the Mississippi River and to move to Oklahoma -
Pre-Emption Act
Pioneers sometimes settled on public lands before they could be surveyed -
US - Mexican War
End of fight between Mexico and Texas -
Bear Flag Revolt
Ezekiel Merritt invaded the Mexican outpost of Sonoma -
Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C ended -
Fugitive Slave Law
part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave holding interests and Northern Free Soilers. -
Sutter's Fort
A place where they sold grapes and wheat -
Gadsden Purchase
president of Mexico signed the Gadsden Purchase -
Bleeding Kansas
the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory -
Dred Scott Decision
affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown's raided Harpers Ferry -
Civil War
The Civil war was on April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 and led to ending slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
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Gettsyburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863 -
13th Amendment
13th amendment ended slavery in the United States -
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote. -
Gettysburg Address
speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln dedicated to the soldier cemetery. -
List of states that seceded
South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi (January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10, 1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), Texas (February 1, 1861)